Ola (after E. Weston)
patinated bronze,
live size
A female nude made in bronze, inspired by a photograph by Edward Weston which the artist saw in a shop window during her stay in London. On her return to Poland, inspired by the pose of the woman photographed by Weston, the sculptress made three full-figure female sculptures. The other two were made by the artist from her imagination. The female figure is characterised by an extraordinary delicacy of its depiction and melancholy at the same time. The composition was made by the artist in her studio at Poleczki Street in Warsaw.
About the work
2022 – "Atoms" Exhibition in Fijewski Gallery
About Artist
Monika Osiecka
I deal with art because it is practically the only space where I always felt perfectly in my place, completely happy, fulfilled and strong.
Author of the famous book Fragmenty Lustra (a poetic and intimate record of creative self-awareness and women's experiences, published in 2011 by the SO/T Publishing House); Scholar of the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. On a daily basis, he works in his studios in Warsaw and Pomarance in Tuscany. She graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Grzegorz Kowalski's studio - diploma in 1994). She studied Persian and Italian philology at the University of Warsaw and sculpture in Italy and Iran. Her adventure with sculpture began with her fascination with the culture of Italy and Iran, where she spent her youth. Osiecka creates abstract and figurative sculptures. She works mainly in stone, especially marble, which is her first material. She has participated in many international stone sculpture symposiums.